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A fun fact about the Renaissance period, transmitted through the centuries: Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli were […]

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Gino Bartali (July 18, 1914 – May 5, 2000) was nicknamed “Ginettaccio” because he was grumpy and shy. He was an unfor […]

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Already during the XIV century, Florence was famous for the production of leather, from tanning to selling. Therefore, […]

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What do Florence, Palermo and the English throne have in common?
Let’s go back in time to the Medici era to discover t […]

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In order to get to know deep inside the grumpy and polemic Florentines, we must know something about Fiorentina, the […]

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Please suggest a new version in your language.“The double line of dark cypress, and the intricate underbrush of rosemary, lavender and Chinese roses, the shimmering m […]

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Let us now talk about the first D.O.C. (Denominazione di Origine Controllata, controlled designation of origin in […]

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If you walk along the streets of Florence, you will probably see a strange and super colored taxi, driven by a woman […]

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“Amici Miei” (“My Friends”, in English) is an Italian cult comedy-drama movie – the first of a trilogy – that was first s […]

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Another common expression used by old and new generations in Florence and the environs is “Il Toni” to refer to swe […]

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In the Florentine vernacular, it is very common to hear the expression “a ufo”. This expression is used in a neg […]

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The “Rificolona” is a paper lantern festival that takes place in Florence between September 7th and 8th, when the Hol […]

Tal vez la parte más memorable de la increíble Catedral de Siena no es en absoluto la catedral misma, sino la gran fachada exterior. Durante la Edad Media, Siena estaba en constante antagonismo con Florencia: a […]

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This “little” Farnese palace, perhaps would better be named Villa Chigi, in honor of the powerful and wealthy Sienese ban […]

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In the beautifully decorated Loggia of the Galatea in the Villa Farnesina, one particular image stands out. It is a […]

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In September 2015, Professor Pietro Armienti found, embedded in the façade of Saint Nicola’s Church in Pisa, a me […]

El Gallo Negro sobre fondo dorado es el símbolo histórico del vino Chianti Classico. El símbolo no se ha elegido al azar, sino que tiene una razón histórica. La historia se remonta a la Edad Media, cuando las tens […]

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Vasco Pratolini is thought to be one of the most important Italian writers of the second half of the 20th century. Some […]

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The event that more than anything else fueled rumors and aroused the curiosity of historians, scriptwriters and even […]

Al devenir Reina de Francia, Catalina ‘de Médici llevó consigo cocineros y pasteleros florentinos, justo para “sentirse a casa”. Se dice que la reina era tan supersticiosa que durante un banquete en 1549 ordenó […]